Tractor Talk Discussion Board |
Re: Need some advice!
[ View Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ Return to Forum ]
Posted by Vince on February 21, 2002 at 18:21:07 from (64.12.105.26):
In Reply to: Need some advice! posted by J.C.F. on February 21, 2002 at 13:46:41:
I agree with Jhon. I am 30. My father and I are makeing a living (not much of one though)on 300 tillable, raising potatoes and grain with maple syurip as a plus. You must finish school, no ifs ands or buts. I presume there is a house with no one living in it. Don't rent it out for too much or you will get bad tements that will just trash it and then wait for you to kick them out since they knew they wouldn't pay the rent anyway. Rent the land out to a neighbor farm with a writen contract, no verbal hand shake stuff. (I know some land is still rented that way) You have time and oppertunity to research what you want to do. Road side farm stand? pick your own? hunting plots? Golf course? Realize that farming is hard, you will go to the funerals of some of your friends that worked a little too long/hard and made mistakes that can't be fixed and if you aren't carfull they will come to yours. I will say it again NO DEBT. Corn and beens will bankrupt you at that size. You just can not put in the time and energy to learn about the varieties, chemicals, weeds, diseases, bugs, soils, tillage systems to be an efficent producer and you can get taken by having custom work done. When you get an idea of what you want to do write the contract to have your present operator surrender the soil tests, gps yield maps, tile line maps exc. If you let your farmer know well in advance of your plans you could use your land as capital to buy into his operation or if you go the other way that he will be rewarded with rent breaks for land improvement. (wells, drainage, tearaces, irragation ponds, exc.) I agree on the tractor over 70 hp and the cost goes down per hp. I am kind of fond of the Ford 7700 class. But it needs to fit what you plan on doing, you may be better off with no tractor
Follow Ups:
Home
| Forums
Today's Featured Article -
Choosin, Mounting and Using a Bush Hog Type Mower - by Francis Robinson. Looking around at my new neighbors, most of whom are city raised and have recently acquired their first mini-farms of five to fifteen acres and also from reading questions ask at various discussion sites on the web it is frighteningly apparent that a great many guys (and a few gals) are learning by trial and error and mostly error how to use a very dangerous piece of farm equipment. It is also very apparent that these folks are getting a lot of very poor and often very dangerous advice fro
... [Read Article]
Latest Ad:
Sell 1958 Hi-Altitude Massey Fergerson tractor, original condition. three point hitch pto engine, Runs well, photos available upon request
[More Ads]
Copyright © 1997-2024 Yesterday's Tractor Co. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V. Yesterday's Tractors - Antique Tractor HeadquartersWebsite Accessibility Policy |
|